"There's always gonna be another mountain"

In these days the whole world is in a fever about the X Factor auditions. This is true of Hungary as well. I was not planning to devote a blog entry to this TV programme because it is high enough that this talent show seems to make the whole world go round. But there is a little girl, the youngest of the contestants, who I feel is worthy of attention.

When this little angel appeared on the screen for the first time, I knew immediately that she was different from the others, not only because of her age. She was one of the few, if not the only competitor who did not start with telling how much she wanted to win this show. The first thing she said was that she had not come of her own accord. “I was going home from school when my father gave me a call and told me I was invited to the X Factor auditions because someone entered me for the competition. None of us knows who that person was,” she said. This one short utterance was enough to win my deepest affection for this little girl. In today’s world, how can someone be so modest, so pure, so innocent? And honestly, how many sixteen-year-olds call their father “édesapám” today?

The more this little angel talked, the more I loved her. “My greatest critic is I myself,” she continued. “I am rarely satisfied with my singing.” No conceitedness. No pretension. And the list can be continued. No make-up. No extravagant clothes. No wild hairstyle. It was only her and her voice. She came because an anonymous benefactor entered her, and she sang the most beautiful piece of music ever written. I was not touched because her singing was perfect, there is room for improvement as far as singing techniques are concerned. But in honesty, purity and modesty for me this little girl is the one and only winner of the contest.

Little girl! Please forgive me for what I will say. But I have to hope, with all my good intention, that you will not get into the live show. I am scared that they will ruin your sensitive soul there. You are too good to be made a media celebrity. Little girl, please take care. Do not let them ruin you. Just be yourself all the time, for your sweet smile is a better cure for people than any medicine. Any time we watch you smile and hear you sing, we seem to forget about all the bad things on earth. God gave you a wonderful gift. Take good care of it.

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